IFLA Working Programme 02 - Children and Youth
Goal: Advocate for child-friendly and youth orientated spaces in landscape design, promoting play, learning, and social development.
Impact: Create stimulating and inclusive environments that support the physical, cognitive, and social development of children and youth.
Working Programme Members
Co-director - Sarah Little
Sarah Little is a registered landscape architect in North Carolina. For 10 years she has worked as a landscape designer in the design slash build field creating high end residential landscapes. She's also designed children’s play environments and park master plans involving issues of environmental justice and community participation. Sarah obtained a PhD in design from North Carolina State University. Her research broadly focuses on understanding the influence of the design of the physical environment on human development. Her current research projects include linking human attachment with place attachment, understanding the link between natural environments and autonomy, and developing observational scales for behaviour mapping..
Other members of Working Programme 02
Dana Luse
Elsadira Suciana
Ilze Janpavle
Oarabile Chingapane
Wafa Abusaif
Wendy Hoddinott
Yiwei Huang